We’ve added a nifty new feature – a media player – to the Musicians page, that will allow visitors to hear all the music samples of the wedding bands listed there in one place. (Not all bands have provided us with the music samples yet.) Try it out; let us know how you like it. Follow these links:
Tiffany & Co., the newest player to join the mobile mania, announced today that it was launching its first ever iPhone app – The Tiffany & Co. Engagement Ring Finder. The app includes an accurate Ring Sizer that lets users determine their ring size by placing a ring directly on the screen and aligning it with the correct circle in the guide. The rings are shown true-to-size, and the application also allows customers zoom in on the ring’s details, and of course, they can also share their favorites on Facebook and Twitter. {To access the Tiffany & Co. Engagement Ring Finder: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiffany-co-engagement-ring/id375427126?mt=8}
Some of you iPhone users out there are thinking: ‘oh, cool! When I am shopping on 47th, I’ll have nice pictures to which I can compare the rings there.’ But what does this say about Tiffany and its marketing strategy? What does this say about the Jewelry industry in general? Or is it simply a way for a gal to have something to drool over when she’s bored?
In honor of their 14th anniversary, and also to shine some light on the transition to their new name (to Ketubah.com, from Ketubah Ketubah), Ketubah.com is holding a weekly Ketubah drawing for the next 14 weeks. They are giving away one Ketubah a week for 14 weeks from May 10 through August 18, 2010. No purchase is required, just fill out the form on their site. (www.ketubah.com/sweepstakes). Each week’s winner will be able to choose one Ketubah from 200 exclusive Signature Collection Ketubahs up to a total retail cost of $350 (including any selected options, shipping etc.) You can reenter each week until you win! (You must be 18 years old or older.) Ketubah.com will select a winner randomly each week and will announce the previous week’s winner every Wednesday on our Facebook Fan Page. (Winners must order their Ketubahs by December 31, 2010.)
Good Luck!
As you can imagine, the jewelry business has been victim to our economic slip-slide. According to the preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, however, 2009 hasn’t been as bad as one would expect. Jewelry and watch sales only dipped 1.6 percent over 2009. And guess what sector of this nearly 60 billion dollar industry has been providing the much needed support? You’ve got it – everything bridal. Bridal jewelry – engagement rings, wedding bands, and all sorts of other jewelry that are gifted around the wedding and showered upon the bride or her maids -sells well in all economic environments. The size of the ‘rock’, however, has shrunk. According to a recent survey of jewelers by the National Jewelry magazine, the average bride has shifted down a notch in the size of the diamond. If the bride of the previous would on average go for the 2 carat, last year she’d tone it down to a 1.5. The good news in general for the consumer is that diamond prices have been on a continuous downward trend, especially for the larger ones. They are ,however, expected (acc. to IDEX) to start their slow, upward climb this year. As far as the shape and color: round diamonds still continue to be the most popular shape, and yellow is the most common choice for brides who like their diamonds to have color, followed by blue. Color stones continue to grow in their popularity.
Ok, enough about the numbers. There are thousands of beautiful engagement rings out there; just walk down 47th street and you ask yourself: why do I only have two eyes or how come a girl only gets to pick one of these? One just can never get enough. So here are some more eye-candy.
Corona Ring from Cento Collection by Roberto Coin. Starts at about $15,000. (ouch) Cento diamonds feature 100 facets.
Frome the Amelia Collection by Krrk Kara
There are new kosher wedding venues on the Brooklyn map: The Palace and Sasson V’Simcha.
The Palace (in its final days of construction) is a new hall by Gedaliah Jacobowitz, the caterer of Ateres Chaya, and is located on McDonald Avenue near Ditmas Avenue.
Sasson V’Simcha Hall is a reincarnation of the recently closed Ateres Shlomo hall. The new Sasson V’Simcha hall, whch is scheduled to host its first wedding this month, is located on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue I.
It’s alive… It’s alive! Ok, we’ve finally ‘turned the switch on’ in our wedding directory in the Maryland / D.C. region. Big thanks to all those Maryland / D.C. wedding vendors that helped us organize the directory to be a more complete resource for Jewish Weddings in the area. If you know the area and notice that we missed a useful wedding resource, please let us and our visitors know.
www.chossonandkallah.com/maryland
Next on our agenda:
We are currently looking into Chicago, as well as Canada: Toronto and Montreal.
It’s been more than three years since the ChossonKallah.com wedding directory has been providing thousands of families with resources to plan their wedding. Three years ago, the directory covered the New York area only. Since then we have expanded to include New Jersey, California, and Florida regions. As of December, we plan to cover the Maryland / Washington D.C. region as well. If you have had a really good experience with a wedding vendor in that locale let us know about them; leave a comment or send us a line via the ‘Contact Us‘ page. …And Thanks.
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